PHOENIXVILLE — The Kapitbayan Filipino-American Association will host a concert focused on raising money for its cultural foundation as well as the rebuilding effort from last year’s devastating Typhoon Yolanda.

“There are still many people without homes,” said Jeanilyn Ficarra, president of Kapitbayan. “There is much rebuilding still needed.”

Typhoon Yolanda destroyed nearly 500,000 homes while damaging almost 600,000 more. It killed approximately 6,300 in the Philippines, according to an April report from the nation’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

Phoenixville is home to a large number of people of Filipino descent and throughout Chester County there are families who had loved ones affected by the November storm.

“Contingent upon the amount raised,” Kapitbayan hopes to fund the construction of a shelter and sponsor a fishing boat for a family or provide solar energy to a family or a building in an effected area.